Anne and I have been blessed with three children and nine grandchildren.

Justin and Kris Bayer, with Eli & Kendall live in Novato CA. Justin teaches grade school gym and coaches. Kris is CFO at Plantronics.

Amy and Bill Loshbough, with Willy, Karly and Ben live in Watervliet, MI. Amy is Business Manager at the Tri-City Record newspaper. Bill is a General Contractor.

Gillian and Sergei Marchenko, with Elaina, Zoya, Polina and Evangeline live in Chicago IL. Sergei is an ordained minister and is a pastor. Gillian is a published author. Her book "Sun Shine Down" is on Amazon.

We have published the Tri-City Record newspaper for 30 years.

I have been a newspaper editor for 39 years and have been active in the community in various positions including mayor, hospital board president, and chamber of commerce president.

Came to Shrine as a stranger from Berkley Our Lady of LaSalette Grade School... left 4 years later with life-long friends Anne Trottier, Richard Trottier, Connie Warren and Silky (Dennis) Sullivan who are now all relatives!
I married Anne, Richard married Connie, Silky married my sister Babette (who attended SHS through the 10th grade.

Marty was a great guy and loved to laugh. We were Berkley buddies, neighbors on Sunnyknoll, played ball and hockey at Community Field and went through LaSalette together and on to Shrine.

I'm sorry we drifted apart but glad we met about 10 years ago and had a great time recalling great days in the neighborhood and at LaSalette and Shrine. Our course we broke our promise to "keep in touch.”

I'm heartbroken to read of his passing on the reunion page (and for all our dear deceased classmates).

Mary, nice memories of our homework collaborations, including a term paper which got an A for content and D for typing and grammar! Strange I ended up a newspaper editor in Capac, MI just 11 years later. LOL!